[Nouveau] Nouveau not working on second monitor

[Emil Velikov]

On 27/02/13 19:48, rv0987 at aol.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem that my nouveau driver does not properly load every time I boot my laptop.
> 
> It either:
> - defaults to the vesa driver (always if my power cord is plugged into the laptop
> - starts nouveau but without the external monitor
> - starts nouveau WITH the external monitor (as it should be)
> 
> (starting without the monitor attached and then connecting it always fails & crashes X)
> 
> How/where can i find any help for this?
> 

A quick look at your dmesg indicates that the nvidia card is not
recognized. This can be caused by either one of
* Card is in a messed state(think kernel before nouveau)
* Your card is getting to the end of it's life (see [1])

With that said, does the system works correctly with the
blob(proprietary binary driver) ?
If so please file a bug following the instructions [2]


Emil

[1] http://news.cnet.com/8301-13554_3-10020782-33.html
[2] http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/Bugs
> Details:
> - Ubuntu 12.10.
> - card:  VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400M GT] (rev a1)
> - kernel 3.5.0-25-generic
> - X.Org X Server 1.13.0 Release Date: 2012-09-05
> - all nv & nvidia drivers are blacklisted
> - the problem has grown worse over the last 2 years
> 
> 
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